Jelly that isn't full of crap?

[TheDevilWearsPenneys]

Is there such a thing?

Only if you make your own with gelatine and fruit juice with lots of added fruit in it too.

Is it quite easy to do?

Sorry to hijack DWP, but if there are jelly experts around - how do you make vegetarian jelly? I used vegegel once, but the result looked like entrails.

It is quite easy, pretty similar to making jelly anyway. You need to heat up the juice, add the gelatine crystals (the sheets are a bit trickier to use I find), let them disolve and then chill until set. Some fruit if added stop it setting as well, the more acidic ones like pineapple for example.

The best results I've had have been with quite thick mango juice.

I've also made it with ribeena before but I guess that's full of crap!

Vegegel is bloody tricky stuff to use, you need to get the quantities right and heat it up properly, I've found it a bit of a faf in the past but I have succesfully make jelly with it. The thing I found was it was best if eaten pretty fresh, because after a day or so it starts to seperate again and gets a grainy texture. IIt's easy to add too much thinking it will have better results that way when I think that's exactly where the problems come from. The acidity of whatever you are using for the liquid also has an affect on the gelling properties.

Maybe I just have bad luck with the leaves!

I was just going to suggest using agar instead of vegegel but I see ll beat me to it!

Thanks LL you jelly guru you.

Can you get powdered agar in normal supermarkets?

Thanks, I will give it a go.

I like LL's idea, must try that one!

OMDB - yes, mine barely set. I used plums from the garden and it was hideous (and I made it for when friends came round, so I didn't even get to hide the shameful evidence of my catastrophe).

Thanks LL - that's brilliant.

Oh gosh, yes I can imagine what it looked like with plums in it too!

The agar crystals really are much more foolproof to use, I use the clearspring ones too.

I am the dogs bollocks!

This morning I made a fish shaped jelly with pure orange juice and tinned clementines.

And a big purple one with grape, blackcurrant and apple juice and frozen mixed berries.

I haven't turned them out yet but they look a lot like jelly to me!

Organix make a jelly suitable for 12 months plus - got it in boots last week and no sugar or crap in it.